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resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] adj
1. clear and emphatic; unmistakable a resounding vote of confidence 2. full of or characterized by resonance; reverberating a resounding slap resoundingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
resounding adjective 1. echoing, full, sounding, rich, ringing, powerful, booming, vibrant, reverberating, resonant, sonorous She got a resounding round of applause. 2. huge, striking, outstanding, tremendous, terrific, decisive, notable, monumental, conclusive The occasion was a resounding success. Translations resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] ADJ [noise] → sonoro; [victory, success] → resonante; [failure] → estrepitoso resounding [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] adj [victory, triumph] → retentissant(e); [defeat] → retentissant(e) to be a resounding success → être un succès retentissant resounding adj noise, shout, thud, crack → widerhallend; laugh, voice → schallend; (fig) triumph, victory, failure → gewaltig; success → durchschlagend; defeat → haushoch; resounding silence → überwältigende Stille; the response was a resounding “no” → die Antwort war ein überwältigendes „Nein“ How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was so large and effulgent that one hardly missed the sun, and his resounding purrs formed a pleasant accompaniment to the laughter and conversation which went on around Captain Jim's fireplace. The officer bowed, and a few minutes afterwards the gallop of a horse was heard resounding in the vaulted archway. He did not undress, but walked up and down with his regular tread over the resounding parquet of the dining room, where one lamp was burning, over the carpet of the dark drawing room, in which the light was reflected on the big new portrait of himself handing over the sofa, and across her boudoir, where two candles burned, lighting up the portraits of her parents and woman friends, and the pretty knick-knacks of her writing table, that he knew so well. |
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